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What is Revit?

 

Revit is the most popular BIM (Building Information Management) app for architects and interior designers. Learn all aspects of Revit, from basic construction, making schedules, generating printed output, applying materials and rendering, then all the way to making reusable, intelligent components called Families.

 

Can I render Revit files in 3ds Max?

 

Yes, Revit and 3ds Max work very well together. 3ds Max is designed to enable importing and linking Revit files, so that changes in the original Revit file will be reflected in subsequent renders and animations in 3ds Max.

 

What is BIM?

 

BIM stands for Building Information Management. In regular CAD (computer aided design), as opposed to BIM, you draw lines that connect up to form planes, which then connect up to form boxes, which then are meant to represent walls. Of course, they are not really walls, they are just a bunch of abstract geometry that we call walls. In BIM, on the other hand, you create walls - not lines, not planes and not boxes. These walls have the same properties that walls do in real life: they have a specific height and thickness, but more importantly, they have a specific construction type - brick, concrete block, brick veneer, stud, etc. This means that the same file can be used by builders, engineers and quantity surveyors to automatically determine useful information. When a BIM door is inserted, it contains data that enable door schedules to be automatically produced by the software, rather than having to manually create a door schedule.

 

Watch the video below

 

See Joseph's clear, simple teaching style as he show you how to use a Revit technique. The video was recorded in 1080p so if you want to see it in high resolution, click on "YouTube" and view the video on the YouTube site. There, you can click the cogwheel icon and choose 1080HD quality.